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West Australian Racing and Bob Peters
Breeding
DamienWyer
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As you no doubt will be aware, I have been running numbers all year on Perth Turf Talk, as to where winners come from in terms of breeding, on metropolitan tracks here in Perth. I have also had a look at black type or stakes races across the entire State and the results make for interesting discussion. As there are only three Listed races to be run this month to close out the season, it seemed like a worthwhile exercise.
West Australian bred horses have had a season to forget at both Gr 1 and Gr 2 levels with no wins recorded for the season. Interstate bred horses accounted for one Gr 1 victory and the remaining two Gr 1's were taken out by Bob Peters. It should be noted he ran second in the other one.
At Gr 2 level, Interstate bred horses won twice but Bob won four times. It should also be noted that in one of those races, no Peters runner was engaged.
At Gr 3 West Australian bred horses won four times, Interstate bred five times and Bob Peters seven times. On three occasions, Bob didn't start a runner.
So at Group level, Bob Peters accounts for 13 wins with 12 combined for the other two categories, of those 4 he didn't start a runner in (2yo racing at stakes level is not on his radar it seems).
When we look at Listed company, 27 wins were recorded by WA bred horses (an additional win was also recorded but in a solely WA bred field) 8 wins fell to Interstate bred horses and Bob Peters won 12 times. Yet again, Bob didn't field a starter on 15 occasions in Listed company.
The two remaining Listed races are known as Restricted Listed for 2yo's, both won by Interstate bred horses and Bob didn't start in either event.
Of course, all of Bob Peters horses this season are bred from Interstate Stallions, mostly standing in the Hunter Valley. That in turn impacts on WA Vs Interstate with just 4 winners out of a possible 25 events at Group level run this year. At Listed level this flattens out to 27 plus 1 out of 48 so far with three races to come.
It's a remarkable statistic for the RJ Peters operation and his two principal Trainers Adam Durrant and the team of Grant and Alana Williams, not to mention the many other staff who contribute to both yards success. But it's also a massive statement regarding the level at which the bar has been set to win a good race here in WA.
All comments and discussion is welcomed.
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